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2012 Kia OPTIMA Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1484542
Internal NHTSA #	11113936
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	OPTIMA
Model Year	2012
File date	19/07/18
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The morning of july 19th, 2018, i was driving my kia optima to work. I had just gotten on interstate 20 and was driving in the right most lane during rush hour. My sunroof shade was open but my actual sunroof was closed. Suddenly i heard what sounded like a shotgun going off in my car with the windows closed and somehow, i was able to drive fairly straight without jerking the steering wheel and causing a multi car pileup. Glass was flying around inside my car, all over me, the seats, floorboards, and console. I pulled the car over into the emergency lane so that i could figure out what had happened. After i exited the car and looked at the top, i noticed that the sunroof had a hole the size of a softball protruding outward. I looked around inside the car and nothing but shards of glass covered most of the interior. I then got back in the car and shut the sunroof shade so no more glass would fall inside the car and pulled off the nearest exit, which was very close to my office location. Once at work i searched online to find out if this was a common occurrence with other kia optima owners and as it turns out it appeared to be a well-known and documented problem. I then called the nearest kia dealership and asked if there were any safety recalls associated with exploding sunroofs and was told
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	111000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LEESVILLE, SC
VIN pattern	5XXGN4A72CGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Kia OPTIMA Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Kia OPTIMA Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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